American manufacturers still value the Chinese market, even after the US government's calls for a manufacturing renaissance on US soil, Zhang Xiangchen, director of the Ministry of Commerce's policy research office, said Sunday.

In recent years, the US government has been trying to encourage American manufacturing firms operating overseas to return to their home country as a way to accelerate the development of production centers locally.

The Africa-China trade represents more than 10 percent of the continent's trade. In value terms, it represents $114 billion--$52 billion in exports and $62 billion in imports. Africa has a trade deficit with China of about $10 billion, according to AfDB's report, Chinese Trade and Investment Activities in Africa.